French language Q&A Forum

Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers

14,823 questions • 32,119 answers • 988,736 learners

Ask a question

Find your French level for FREE

And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it

Find your French level

Bill C.C1Kwiziq community member

Clarifying the lesson

The order of verbs in the headline, participles in the first line of text, and the subsequent examples are in different orders. It would be helpful to order each list the same.

Asked 4 years ago

Like0Answer1

Sebastian S.A1Kwiziq community member

Where can i find practice exercises specific to these comparative adverbs?

I found this article: "https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/comparative-adverbs/", explaining how to use: "plus/moins/aussi que" and "plus/moins/autant de/que", and i did the 4-question kwiz at the of the lesson but I feel like I need more practice. Is there a way I could get more practice specific to these subjects?

Asked 4 years ago

Like0Answer2

Nancy P.C1Kwiziq community member

Connaître v. savoir

In the fill-in-the-blank test "Choisir un cadeau", in which one chooses either connaître or savoir (conjugated), two sentences don't fit into the scheme "savoir if clause with conjugated verb or with following infinitive" v. "connaître if followed by noun". These sentences are:

"Ah, c'est bon à _____!" and "Ça, je ne ______ pas!"

The answers for both were savoir and sais. Why?

Asked 5 years ago

Like0Answer1

Mohshin S.A0Kwiziq community member

Confusion regarding aux verb

Does your car work?

Ta voiture est-elle fonctionne?

Will it be correct?

Please help!

Asked 5 years ago

Like0Answer1

Hasan D.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

je leur tous donne un pomme or je leur donne à tous un pomme??

How can I say "I give them all an apple and "I gave them all an apple"

"Je leur ai tous donnés une pomme" or je leur ai donnés à tous une pomme

" je leur tous donne une pomme or je leur donne à tous un pomme

I can not understand which of them are valid?

please help thank you in advance

Asked 5 years ago

Like0Answer4

Becky L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation at end of sentence"Excellent ! Combien de kilos vous faut-il ?"

It sounded very much like he added an 'a' sound to the end of this sentence ("faut-il-a"). Is it common to hear this in spoken French?

Asked 5 years ago

Like2Answer1

Abdoul M.Kwiziq community member

Hi , Can we say il est neuf heures trois quarts for 9.45

Asked 4 years ago

Like0Answer2

Luiz G.A2Kwiziq community member

Doubt about the position of "au Père Noël"

Hello!
I saw that the correct answer was "la liste au Père Noël de ma fille"; does "lire la liste de ma fille au Père Noël" sounds/is wrong to french ears? Is there some rule or lesson about this?

Thanks in advance,
Luiz

Asked 5 years ago

Like0Answer5

Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pendant can be omitted as the duration has a clear beginning and end?

Is it correct that simply the duration itself can express a duration in specific time frame, and 'pendant' is optional? For example:

1) J'étais là pendant 45 minutes = J'tais là 45 minutes

2) Je me brosse les dents trois minutes à chaque fois = Je me brosse les dents pendant trois minutes à chaque fois

3) Nous sommes restés à Tokyo pendant 10 jours = Nous sommes restés à Tokyo 10 jours

4) Combien de temps vous avez resté = Pendant combien de temps vous avez resté?

Thank you.

Asked 4 years ago

Like0Answer1

Helena F.B2Kwiziq community member

Nécessairement vs. Forcément

In this text, the adverb "necessarily" in the sentence "I don't believe that it is necessarily a negative concept" is translated only as "necessairement", without "forcément" being one of the alternatives. When would you use one adverb rather than the other?

Asked 3 years ago

Like1Answer2

Find your French level for FREE

And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it

Find your French level